Mud, darkness and destruction turned Montecito into death trap
(LA Times NBA)

The realization that houses might simply vanish didn´t start to set in until a 30-foot tree trunk barreled by. Trina Grokenberger stared out the upstairs window of her white Colonial house Tuesday morning, as a river raged through her front yard. It was 3:58 a.m. `Dave!` she called to her husband....